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ESPN The Company

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ESPN The Company
Full titleESPN The Company: The Story and Lessons Behind the Most Fanatical Brand in Sports
AuthorAnthony F. Smith & Keith Hollihan
Published2009
Pages232
RecommendedOnce
BuyAmazon
Why it’s on the listA management study of how ESPN grew from a scrappy Connecticut cable start-up into the dominant brand in sports media, drawn out as lessons about culture, talent and brand fanaticism rather than told as a straight history.

Where I heard about it

  • @mastersinvest — on his “2025 Reading … so far” list (August 2025), a feed that skews heavily toward company and founder biography. The full 46-title list is on 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet).

Connections

  • 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet) — the list this came from.
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